2019
Peer-to-peer digital electronic cash
Bitcoin is not a cryptocurrency. Too many people get it wrong. As the white paper explains, Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer
Privacy versus hypocrisy
Many of those arguing for anonymity are truly arguing for power and the control of others. If we take into
Forks as a demerger, or a split as a copy?
There is a lie and myth of decentralised consensus where a small group of developers alters a protocol and says
Learning Script
The foundation of recursion comes in 6 functions. OP_ADD and OP_1ADD encapsulate point 4 and point 2 (below) respectively. Point
Free Speech
Free speech is not the right to be heard on any platform but rather limitations set by governments and authorities
Finite State Machines in Script
This note provides methods for constructing deterministic and non-deterministic finite state automata in Bitcoin Script. The “best” method produces a
Why Lightning will never be currency, and why BSV matters
Under the provisions of FinCEN, any exchange accepting and transmitting virtual currency is a money transmitter [1]. The law is
Proof
The code-is-law movement is a pernicious attack on freedom. There is no definitive means to assess truth through a computer
Profiting from privacy
It is interesting how we are slowly moving away from the paradigm of selling user data for money. We can
The labour fallacy of mining
I have noted a good number of people hold on to the same common fallacy as was promoted by Marx.
The myth of forks
When I removed myself from public view towards the end of 2010 and 2011, it was as I was rather
Proof of (unregistered) security
There have been many people pushing proof of stake as an alternative to proof of work. They claim that proof